Yassine Meriah
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Aryanah, Tunisia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Defender Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos | ||
| Number | - | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | ES Métlaoui | 27 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | CS Sfaxien | 74 | (5) |
| 2018– | Olympiacos | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Tunisia | 20 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2018 | |||
Yassine Meriah (born 2 July 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays for Olympiacos F.C. as a defender.
Club career
Mariah was formed in AS Ariana, the team that was active in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. In the 2013–14 season, he was transferred to ES Métlaoui when he was 20 years old. After spending two seasons with the team, he was prominently featured and invited to the Tunisian Olympic team. He attracted the attention of the officials of CS Sfaxien, one of the most important teams in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 who sought to sign with him, starting from the 2014–15 season. Since his first season with CS Sfaxien, Yassin Meriah has been a key figure in the squad and has managed to play in many of the team's defensive positions
International career
His success with his team led him to the Tunisian national team for the first time by coach Georges Leekens on 13 June 2015 against Morocco in 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.
He scored his first goal against DR Congo in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In May 2018 he was named in Tunisia's preliminary 29 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[2][3]
Career statistics
International
- As of 28 June 2018[4]
| Tunisia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 20 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[5]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 September 2017 | Stade 7 November, Radès, Tunisia |  DR Congo |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2018. p. 31.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced? | Goal.com". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/44342860
- ^ "Yassine Meriah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Meriah, Yassine". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links
- Yassine Meriah at Soccerway
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- Living people
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Tunisian footballers
- Tunisia international footballers
- CS Sfaxien players
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Tunisia under-23 international footballers
- 1993 births
- People from Aryanah
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Tunisian football biography stubs